# Botticelli - May 2017 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [April 29, 2017, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506 "2017-04-29T16:43:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2017, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/161 "2017-05-08T16:20:30Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you an imp that proposed spinning 5 skeins of flax for a peasant girl on the condition that if she couldn’t guess his name by the end of the month, he would carry her off? > IQ2: Are you a creature from Japanese folklore that combines the features of a human and a bird of prey? > IQ3: Are you an enemy of Robert E. Howard’s King Kull, characterized as having a skull face with fire in your eye sockets? #1. I am not Rumples Tiltskin (?). Take a DQ. #2. I am not a Tengu. Take a DQ for #3. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2017, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/162 "2017-05-08T17:05:22Z")
Thanks, **Prof. P.** Previous IQs: Were you Governor of Illinois in the 1980s? - Jim Thompson Did you write the hymn “Softly and Tenderly, Jesus is Calling”? - Yes, Will Thompson. Here’s one version of the song, [Million Dollar Quartet - "Softly & Tenderly" (Live) - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wN-kHHKAOY), and another: [Softly and Tenderly Jesus Is Calling - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EgJxPbS9ds) Did you write _Six Seconds in Dallas_ and _Gumshoe_? - Josiah Thompson Thompson x3! DQs: Currently in elective office? Republican? Two DQs reserved. IQs: Are you the incumbent President of the United States? Are you his wife? Are you his youngest son? ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2017, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/163 "2017-05-08T18:43:43Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Are you an imp that proposed spinning 5 skeins of flax for a peasant girl on the condition that if she couldn’t guess his name by the end of the month, he would carry her off? > IQ2: Are you a creature from Japanese folklore that combines the features of a human and a bird of prey? > IQ3: Are you an enemy of Robert E. Howard’s King Kull, characterized as having a skull face with fire in your eye sockets? > > #1. I am not Rumples Tiltskin (?). Take a DQ. > #2. I am not a Tengu. > Take a DQ for #3. Tom Tit Tot, correct, Thulsa Doom holding 2 DQs ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2017, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/164 "2017-05-08T21:11:45Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Not known for the Arts 3. Male 4. Living 5. Last name starts with T 6. American 7. Known primarily for politics 8. Born before 1964. 9. Not currently in an elective office 10. Republican ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2017, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/165 "2017-05-08T21:12:48Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Are you the incumbent President of the United States? > Are you his wife? > Are you his youngest son? 1. I am not Donald Trump. 2. I am not Melania Trump. 3. I am not Barron Trump. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2017, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/166 "2017-05-08T21:34:14Z")
IQ1: Was one of the “41 for Freedom” named for you? IQ2: Was one of the “41 for Freedom” named for you? IQ3: Was one of the “41 for Freedom” named for you? ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2017, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/167 "2017-05-08T21:51:28Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Was one of the “41 for Freedom” named for you? > IQ2: Was one of the “41 for Freedom” named for you? > IQ3: Was one of the “41 for Freedom” named for you? Take 3 DQs. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2017, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/168 "2017-05-08T23:02:01Z")
DQ: Known for having held federal-level office? holding a DQ ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2017, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/169 "2017-05-09T00:11:01Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Was one of the “41 for Freedom” named for you? > IQ2: Was one of the “41 for Freedom” named for you? > IQ3: Was one of the “41 for Freedom” named for you? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Take 3 DQs. Pick any three: Thomas Jefferson, Thomas A Edison, Theodore Roosevelt, or Tecumseh. DQ: Currently in a non-elective office? Two DQs reserved. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2017, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/170 "2017-05-09T00:22:05Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Not known for the Arts 3. Male 4. Living 5. Last name starts with T 6. American 7. Known primarily for politics 8. Born before 1964. 9. Not currently in an elective office 10. Republican 11. Currently in a federal-level office 12. Currently in a non-elective office This shouldn’t take much longer. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2017, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/171 "2017-05-09T00:26:14Z")
Don’t look at me… ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2017, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/172 "2017-05-09T03:02:13Z")
Swept mine. IQs: Are you the incumbent U.S. Secretary of State? Are you the best-known person to come from Pinpoint, Ga.? Were you a Republican U.S. senator from the Deep South with a four-letter-long first name? ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2017, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/173 "2017-05-09T03:22:32Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Swept mine. > > IQs: > > Are you the incumbent U.S. Secretary of State? > Are you the best-known person to come from Pinpoint, Ga.? > Were you a Republican U.S. senator from the Deep South with a four-letter-long first name? Yes, I am the present Secretary of State, Ray “I didn’t want this job; my wife made me take it.” Tillerson. Good job, EH! ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2017, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/174 "2017-05-09T15:37:36Z")
Woohoo! Thanks,\*\* Prof.\*\*. Can’t say I’m especially impressed by his work yet. Previous IQs: Are you the best-known person to come from Pinpoint, Ga.? - Justice Clarence Thomas Were [Are] you a Republican U.S. senator from the Deep South with a four-letter-long first name? - Thad Cochran of Mississippi It’s been awhile since we’ve done it, I see, so our next letter is Z Botticelli list updated: [Botticelli - the letters we've used so far - Thread Games - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=648663) ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2017, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/175 "2017-05-09T16:13:30Z")
IQ1: Were you the lead singer of _Rage Against the Machine_? IQ2: Are you the only US President to come from Louisiana? IQ3: Did you portray the antagonist Sylar in the TV series _Heroes_? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2017, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/176 "2017-05-09T18:33:45Z")
Not Zachary Zomebody, Taylor or Quinto. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2017, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/177 "2017-05-09T19:38:38Z")
IQs: 1. Did you invent Esperanto? 2. Did you star on Broadway in _A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum_? 3. Did you found a Czech company (which is still in operation today) that produces art ceramics in the 19th Century? ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2017, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/178 "2017-05-09T22:26:01Z")
IQ1: Were you really Don Diego de la Vega? IQ2: Were you Joan Junior’s second husband? IQ3: Did you explore the West while Lewis and Clarke were exploring the Northwest? ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2017, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/179 "2017-05-10T00:09:59Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Were you the lead singer of Rage Against the Machine? > IQ2: Are you the only US President to come from Louisiana? > IQ3: Did you portray the antagonist Sylar in the TV series Heroes? > > Not Zachary Zomebody, Taylor or Quinto. Zach de la Rocha DQ: Real? ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2017, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2017/785506/180 "2017-05-10T00:18:29Z")
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